End-gate.



J.' B. HENNBMANN.

END GATE APPLIGATIONFILED 0012s, 1907.

Patented DGO, 8', 1908.

/NVENTQR WIT/VE E5 ffamev JOHN B. HENNEMANN, OF BLOOMER, WISCONSIN.

END-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1907.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 399,422.

To all 'whom 'it may concern.' j

Be it known that I, JOHN B. HENNEMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomer, in the county of Chippewa and State of Iisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to end gates for wagons; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the end gate, showing it closed. Fig. 2 is an end view of the end gate. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the end gate. Fig. 4 is also a side view, but shows the end gate open.

A is the end portion of a wagon body of any approved construction.

B is the end gate provided with side pieces l) which straddle the sides of the wagon body when the end gate is closed.

C are two arms the upper ends of which are ivoted to the wagon body by pins c. The ower ends of these arms are pivoted to the end gate by pins d. When the end gate is pivoted in this manner its flat surface between the side pieces t is pressed against the end of the wagon body so as to make a tight joint when the end gate is closed. When the end gate is opened the lower part of it slides upward so that its top edge comes level with the top of the bottom of the wagon body, as shown in Fig. 4, and no step or projection is formed where they meet.

E are two curved spring plates which are secured to the upper part of the wagon body by bolts c, and which project rearwardly through holes F in the end gate when the said end gate is closed.

G are two rods which are pivoted to the free end portions of the plates E, and which have stops g at their ends which are too large to pass through the holes F.

H is a bent plate of spring metal secured to the middle part of the end gate between the two holes and outside the wagon body.

The end gate is provided with reinforcing pieces I at its sides outside the wagon body, and the holes F extend through these pieces.

When the end gate is closed the two rods are crossed and placed in engagement with the spring fastening plate, with the stop of each rod resting against the reinforcing piece farthest from its pivot connection with the wagon body. The eye t' of each rod G which is pivoted to the rejecting end portion of the spring plate E ears against a wear plate j which is secured to the part I. The spring plates E are stretched a little longitudinally when the parts are forced to the positions shown in Fig. 2, and a comparatively light center spring H can be used without being distorted and bent. The three spring plates E, E and H unite in holding the end-gate against the end of the wagon-body and prevent it from rattling. In this manner the end gate is ,pressed against the end of the wagon body and cannot become loose as the wagon jolts over a rough road.

When the end gate is let down, as shown in Fig. 4, it is supported in an inclined position by the stops g on the rods G.

What I claim is:

The combination, with a wagon-body, of an end-gate pivotally connected thereto, longitudinally-extensible spring-plates secured to the sides of the said wagon-body and projecting through holes in the said end-gate, a s ring-catch secured to the middle part of the said end-gate, and sto -rods pivoted to the said spring-plates anc bearing against the said end-gate and engaging with the said spring-catch.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. HENNEMANN.

Witnesses ALBERT HENNEMAN, H. M. STEWART. 

